Workmen's advocate., 1887-02-05

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 "Let the political arrangements be what they may, so long as the ar istocracv have all the land and de- rive the reat of it, the laborcr is on y serf; and d serf he will re- main uat0 he haS Hpr0oted He yigAtS W W1r0te 10nt}ed wopertH 1He Mm tS t0r Me nafi0n, mol tor Me orist0c- Wcy. * * Those, therefore. who were born into a country where the land had been accorded to indi- ylduaI proprletors, could obtain their livelihood only by laboring for other men; and as those to whom the land had been accorded could not culti- vate 1t themselves, and as the land was required for the support of the population, the laborers were under the necessity of paying C reM to those who thus procured vast reve- nue wihoW labOr. * * What is the equitable disposition of the earth: Is it equitable that any ar engagements of past generations should cause one man now to be born heir to a county or half d coun- ty, while the other inhabitants of the county are deprived of all right to the soil, and must consequently p0y q reM to the one individual, who naturally has not one particle of right to the earth more than they | have themselves? The great problem is to discover such system as shall secure to every man his exact share of the advantages which nature has provided for the race; while at the same time he has full opportunity, without let or hlndrancc, to exercise his labor, in dustry and skill, for his own adyan- tage (p. 3j3).
 ''fhe solution we propound is the following, although, of course, there Is no supposition that any general solution can be immediately ap- piled. * * The question is, what system will secure to every in- dlvidual of these successive genera tions his portion of the natural ad- vantages: Of Mis problem Here is b"t one solation possiWe.
 "The earth is the common prop erty of all, no individual being able to exhibit title to any particular portion of it.
 No yWti0n01 basis has ever been exhibited to the world on which pri- vate right to any particular portion of the earth could possibly be found ed. * * The question then is, upon what terms must the earth be possessed by the successive genera tions, * the earth being the perpetual common-property of the race; each succeeding generation to have C tuH We tO C free ea1th.'
 "The actual division of the soil need never be anticipated. Nor would such division be juSt, if the divided portions were made the property of individuals. If, then, successive generations of men cannot have their fractional share of the ac- tual soil (including mines, &c.), how can the division of the advan- tages of the natural earth be ef- fected?
 "By the division of its annual value or rent; Hat is. by maIIng He rent of the &o7 the common-propertY 0f he n0ti0n. ThM iS (as the taxa ton IS the common~prcperty of the State) by tah'iug Ne mhole ot' He tar- es 0W 0f He rent& Of He sOH, alm THEREBY REQUESTING ALL OTHER KINDS OF TAXATION WHATEVER.
 "And thus all industry would be absolutely emancipated from every burden, and every man would reap such natural reward as his skill and industry, or enterprise, rendered le- gitimately his
 "This, we maintain. to be the only theory that will satisfy the re- quirements of the problem of natu- ral property (p. 3Ss5 et seq.).
 The author continues, through five hundred pages, to demonstrate the validity of his propositions, but lack of space will prevent my going into the details.
 Sufficient has been quoted, how ever. to substantlate the adage that "there is nothing new under the